Education

• Doctor of Philosophy, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, 1999 Dissertation Title: "The Multicultural Heritage of North Dakota Baptists"
• Master of Divinity, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, 1986
• Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 1983
• Bachelor of Arts in Languages (French and German), University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, 1983

Teaching Experience

• Associate Professor of Church History, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA, 2000--
• Adjunct Professor, Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, TX, 1996-2000
• Adjunct Professor, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, 2000
• Teaching Fellow, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, TX, 1994-1999
• Adjunct Professor, Butler County Community College, Marion Campus, Marion, KS, 1992-1993

Teaching Specializations

• Baptist Heritage
• Ethnic Church Life among Baptists in North America
• Modern Christianity
• Rural church planting

Ministry Experience

• Worship Planning Team, First Baptist Church, New Orleans, 2005-
• Advisory Team/Worship Team Member, River Fellowship, Kenner, LA, 2001-2004
• Pastor, First Baptist Church, Durham, KS, 1987-1993
• Drama Team/Sunday School Teacher/AWANA Director (Pals and Pioneers), Hope Community Church, Fort Worth, TX, 1994-2000
• Young Adult Director, Northside Baptist Church, Mineral Wells, TX, 1986-1987
• Assistant to the Pastor, Grace Baptist Church, Grand Forks, ND, 1982-1983
• Music/Bible Study Leader, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, UND, Grand Forks, ND, 1980-1982
• Music Director, Crystal Springs Baptist Camp, Medina, ND, Summer 1982

Publications

• “The History of Baptism: Its Subjects and Mode” Presented 1 October 2007 at the East Louisiana Baptist Association in Denham Springs, LA
• “That They May Know Your Name: Baptist Ethnic and Immigrant History” Presented 3 August 2007 at the Baptist History Celebration, Charleston, SC
• “The Dynamics of Grant-Supported Research,” Presented 24 February 2007 at the Lilly Research Grant Conference, Pittsburgh, PA
• “The Meaning of Baptism among First Generation Baptists” Presented 25 March 2006 at the Evangelical Theological Society, Southwest Region, Fort Worth, TX
• "Baptists on Baptism: An Examination and Evaluation of Baptist Sacramentalism” Presented 3 March 2006 at the International Reference Library for Biblical Research, Fort Worth, TX
• “Seventeenth-Century Baptist Writings on Baptism as Applied Biblical Research.” Presented 3 March 2006, at the International Reference Library for Biblical Research in Fort Worth, TX.
• “The Architecture of Baptisteries in North Africa.” Presented 17 November 2005, at the national meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Valley Forge, PA.
• “Designing a Course for the Internet.” Presented 16 November 2005, at the national meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Valley Forge, PA.
• “Backing the Future of Our Past: Researcher Needs for the 21st Century.” Presented 1 June 2005, at the Association of Librarians and Archivists at Baptist Institutions, Birmingham, AL.
• Review of The Impact of African-American Antecedents on the Baptist Foreign Missionary Movement, 1782-1825, by Christopher Brent Ballew. For Edwin Mellon Press.
• “Ordinance or Sacrament: An Examination and Evaluation of Baptist Sacramentalism.” Presented 19 November 2004, at the national meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, San Antonio, TX.
• “Giving Caesar His Due: A Personal Journey to Political Involvement.” Presented 24 September 2004 at the Believers Church Conference on God, Democracy, and US Power, Harrisonburg, VA.
• "Implications of Select Seventeenth-Century Confessions of Faith for Baptist Sacramentalism." Presented 13 March 2004 at the Southwest Regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Dallas, TX.
• "Pioneers on the Prairie: Baptists on the North Dakota Frontier." Presented 24 May 2003 at the Baptist History and Heritage Society in Belton, TX.
• Review of Polity: Biblical Arguments on How to Conduct Church Life. Edited by Mark Dever. In Baptist History and Heritage 37 (Winter 2002): 134-36.
• "What, In Hell, Is Going On?: An Examination of Annihilationism and the Boundaries of Evangelicalism." Presented 14 November 2001 at the national meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Colorado Springs, CO.
• "The Justice of God and Hell: An Examination of Conditional Immortality and the Annihilation of the Finally Impenitent." Presented 7 April 2000 at the Southwest Regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Fort Worth, TX.
• "Baptist Witness Among Germans in Texas," in Journal of Texas Baptist History 17 (1997): 89-123.
• "Tornado Destruction at the David Farm." Photograph. In Year of the Storms: The Destructive Kansas Weather of 1990, ed. Howard Inglish, 71. Hillsboro, KS: Hearth Publishing, 1990.

Professional Organizations

• American Society of Church History
• Pietism Studies Group
• Conference on Faith and History
• Baptist History and Heritage Society
• American Historical Association
• Evangelical Theological Society
• North American Baptist Heritage Commission
• Association of Librarians and Archivists at Baptist Institutions
• Christian History Society

Grants Received

• Lions Clubs International Foundation Grant, 1989
• Collaborating with Dr. Robert S. Norman on his Lilly Theological Research Expense Grant, 2003
• Lilly Theological Scholars Grant, 2006
• Lenaz Faculty Grant, 2007

Class Syllabi